A Crisis for the Future of Scotland's Industrial Museums?

John CromptonChairman of the Scottish Industrial Heritage Society,
Curator of Engineering and Industry at the National Museums of Scotland

at the University of Edinburgh
Main Library,
George Square, Edinburgh
On Monday 11 November 2000, at 7.00 pm

In the nineteenth century Scotland was an industrial world
power. Clyde-built ships carried locomotives, machines and
engineering to every corner of the world. Industry is still
important in Scotland, but the museums which tell that story
are struggling to survive. Two industrial museums have
closed, and without more funding, they will not reopen and
more will follow. Will Scotland's cultural heritage be
complete without the industrial museums?